Since nobody was updating this orphan thread for a longer time, I would like to attempt a new comprehensive list of planned international launches. Given launch dates are collected from various sources and subject of change depending on new information. Everybody is welcome to update this list according to effective news.

Thank you for updating the listing! The "future launches" data on this site are far more complete and more accurate than those which appear on places like Spaceflight Now - which seems to generally ignore all but a few Russian and Chinese launches in its predictions.

Thanks for correcting the spacecraft designation. In case of the launcher I assumed that they will use a Proton M/DM2 or even a Proton M/Briz M configuration, because it seemed that they have already phased out the Proton K (last launch of Proton K occured on February 28, 2009).

Thanks for correcting the spacecraft designation. In case of the launcher I assumed that they will use a Proton M/DM2 or even a Proton M/Briz M configuration, because it seemed that they have already phased out the Proton K (last launch of Proton K occured on February 28, 2009).

Thanks for correcting the spacecraft designation. In case of the launcher I assumed that they will use a Proton M/DM2 or even a Proton M/Briz M configuration, because it seemed that they have already phased out the Proton K (last launch of Proton K occured on February 28, 2009).

Short comment: From the listed 150 launches at least 60 are expected to be delayed into the years 2014 to 2016, or even cancelled at all. Estimated from the past growth of launch rates we can expect about 90 (+/- 6) launches world-wide in 2013, corresponding to a mean of 7-8 launches per month.

Yes, this is speculation, but not pure speculation. There are possible combinations of payloads based on most recently published launch periods for every single satellite (launch sequence) and restrictions according to the mass of the individual comsats. Data for the launch sequence are mainly from www.lyngsat.com/launches/index.html and various threads of this forum. Information about the masses of the comsats and their suitability as a single payload of a Soyuz launch are obtained from your webpage. I plan to correct any single or dual payload allocation as soon as new information is available.

Yes, this is speculation, but not pure speculation. There are possible combinations of payloads based on most recently published launch periods for every single satellite (launch sequence) and restrictions according to the mass of the individual comsats. Data for the launch sequence are mainly from www.lyngsat.com/launches/index.html and various threads of this forum. Information about the masses of the comsats and their suitability as a single payload of a Soyuz launch are obtained from your webpage. I plan to correct any single or dual payload allocation as soon as new information is available.

I would suggest to mark those launch dates in the list, which are based on (informed) speculation.

I would suggest to mark those launch dates in the list, which are based on (informed) speculation.

Thank you for the suggestion, but I have not yet found out how to highlight parts of the text, it seems not to work with my computer in this forum. On the other hand there are clear statements at the beginning of every list. The launch manifest (1-12 months) is only based on trustable, solid information. The launch forecast concerning the successive year is less reliable (as has already been written) and may contain some sort of speculation based on more or less solid information. Finally, the launch prospects (years after 2013) will combine older and newer information, and therefore may be less reliable, but still informative for some interested people searching for specific international payloads and their possible launch period.

By the way, how many times did we get dual payload assigments from Arianespace which were changed some weeks later because the satellites were not ready in time and new combinations had to be found? With the availability of the Soyuz launcher at Kourou Arianespace is now even more flexible and therefore can react at short notice on any manufacture delays or other problems with the allocated payloads. I don´t like to use wild cards making the lists more confusing. Instead I would like to implement new information as soon as possible, and everybody is welcome to assist. Since I only combine already published data from other lists or web pages, the real work has already been done by others, namely collecting primary information from insiders, the launch providers and/or manufactures.

Good list. There is the Curiosity rover on Nov. 25th, Mars Maven orbiter in Nov. 2013 and Osiris-Rex asteroid sample mission in 2016. Also Orbital Taurus first flight and Cygnus flight to ISS early next year.

Those are the ones I can think of on the top of my head.

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I'll even excitedly look forward to "flags and footprints" and suborbital missions. Just fly...somewhere.